Festivals & events

18th Rendez-vous with French Cinema in New York

From February 28 through March 10, 2013, uniFrance Films and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will host the 18th annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema in New York.

The event will open with a screening of Populaire by Régis Roinsard held in the presence of the director and cast members Romain Duris and Déborah François. The film has been acquired by the Weinstein Company and is slated for release in the summer.

For the second year running, eight of these titles, along with Persecution by Patrice Chéreau, will be showcased as part of a homage to Romain Duris, in screenings organized in collaboration with Emerging Pictures in over 40 American cities at the same time as the New York screenings. Thanks to Skype, spectators in Los Angeles or Chicago will have the chance to converse with film crews in New York.

A restored version of three films by Jean Renoir (Boudu, Le Fleuve, and La Règle du Jeu), and Thérèse Desqueyroux by Georges Franju, will also be screened as part of the festival, as well as a program of French short films.